Table 2.

Eligibility Criteria (inclusion and exclusion criteria) with examples.

Inclusion Criteria	Examples
Original peer-reviewed publications Published studies documenting incidence or prevalence of chronic or gradual-onset musculoskeletal and non-musculoskeletal injuries/conditions	Journal articles or doctoral theses Chronic or gradual-onset injuries or conditions
Exclusion Criteria	Examples
Full text not available Full text not translatable to English Case reports or series Periodicals Data from surfing injuries cannot be interpreted independently from other water sport injury data Studies documenting data related to treatment or prevention of injuries or conditions only	Abstract only Mandarin, Japanese, French, etc. Studies documenting a case report of an individual Magazines or letters Surfing injuries mixed with bodyboarding, surf lifesaving, and bodysurfing Non-epidemiological studies